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HUDIBRAS.
[PART I.
While still the more he kick'd and spurr'd,925
The less the sullen jade has stirr'd.[1]
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- ↑ Mr Butler had been witness to the refractory humour of the nation, not only under the weak government of Richard Cromwell, but in many instances under the resolute management of Oliver.